What is the difference between representative government and the government in ancient Athens? In a representative government, there is no institutional role for the assembled people. However: ...

France has been experiencing an unprecedented political crisis since President Emmanuel Macron dissolved parliament in June ...

In his first book, “The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding”, journalist Osita Nwanevu ...

In Taiwan, civic hackers and digital democracy activists gather to explore how technology can be used to advance democratic ...

The governor’s signature will come roughly two weeks after a special legislative session aimed at representative and direct ...

Once again, Republicans in the Missouri legislature have shown that they have no respect for the voters in Missouri, or democracy. An article in the News-Leader on Sept. 9 detailed how they are ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) — Two ballot titles that would strengthen direct democracy in Arkansas have been approved to begin collecting enough signatures to earn a spot on next year’s ballot, but they ...

In the weeks leading up to the election, the Czech Bishops’ Conference issued a prayer novena and specifically warned about ...

From the halls of Harvard to the news desk at MSNBC and everywhere left in between, accusations of President Donald Trump and Republicans waging a "war on democracy" flow like a raging flood.

Here in Illinois, the most urgent threat to democracy is concrete: political maps deliberately and specifically designed to ...

Malapportionment undermines the principle of "one person, one vote." The U.S. Senate, for example, gives every state two ...